take the measure of
Example Sentences
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You can take the measure of Charles Dickens’s egotism by looking at the names he gave his children.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“I wanted to take the measure of this man who had been my obsession for so long,” he wrote in his memoir, “Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024
What that analysis overlooks, however, is the jury’s natural desire to take the measure of the woman who propelled the crisis and about whom they had heard so much.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
Daughters take the measure of their mothers, then consider their own beauty, their own futures.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021
Were the pyramids as tall as this building, did the pharaohs sit on top and take the measure of their kingdoms, to see how diminished the world became when you gained the proper distance?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
